We all know the Bernard Tomic's love for money. In May 2016, the Australian player had said he didn't care about losing the match against Fabio Fognini in Madrid. Interviewed by Sydney Morning Herald recently, Tomic admitted how money is a big incentive for him, 'Tennis was so fun back in the day; at a young age you want to play for the joy, the competition,' Tomic said. 'Now it's a big business, and there's just a lot of coin involved, a lot of money around, so it becomes different.'

The 24-year-old added he wanted to play for many more years. 'I still respect tennis 100%, but I also have to respect what's around it and what can set me up for life. So that's my job. My job is to play tennis until I'm done, I've had enough, and until I've made enough money.'

Tomic has big endorsements like Nike and Head, while in terms of prize money, he earned $4,776,168. He started his 2017 season losing in the first round against David Ferrer in Brisbane.

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Not a good omen, I hope Bernie can have a long career, and reach the Top 10 this year - which is his goal.
He stated he was worth over $10M last year after losing to the Fog, but not sure how true that is.

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Sorry to tell you that mate.

Falling back on money as the incentive to continue playing is only an excuse he invents to overcome the bitterness of failing to become a rock star in the tennis world.

This works for everyone who fails to fulfill his dream, and many later overcome this stage, admitted failure and start over, but tennis is a competitive field with little time for one player, which makes me not unhappy as I do not like him that much.

I read that article and initially I had the same reaction as most of the posters here but then I thought about it we all work for money and we work until we've got enough for post-retirement life. Isn't it the same as him here?

I guess again it's just belief, achieve such heights. I wasn't sure if I was going to be here again after last year. I've had some tough finals. I always believed I could come back here again. I kept believing and dreaming and here I am today.